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[Robert Collins <686807@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

repr often/always shows object ids and so forther, that aren't
interesting or even desirable for the string representation of a
matcher.

** Changed in: testtools
       Status: New => Incomplete

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Title:
  Having __str__ not __repr__ as part of the matcher protocol is awkward

Status in testtools:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  For example, this is from MismatchesAll:

    def __str__(self):
        return 'MatchesAll(%s)' % ', '.join(map(str, self.matchers))

Wouldn't this:

    def __repr__(self):
        return 'MatchesAll(%r)' % (self.matchers, )

be much easier?  This even seems more in the spirit of what __repr__ is usually used for than what testtools does now.